Fender Stratocaster Bullet Era 3-Tone Sunburst RI

Fender Stratocaster '71 “Bullet” 3-Tone Sunburst RI

Seventies Big Headed Strat ! The rebirth of the Stratocaster in summer 1971 as the “CBS Early Years”.

Here is a 2003 Stratocaster ‘71 CBS era. It’s a great sounding player, very resonant unplugged and a tone monster when paired with an amp. A Strat that has body and clarity with all of the advantages of a well-crafted upgrades and stays in tune ! 

Specifications:

• Alder body MIA
• “U” shapped neck profile, one piece maple neck MIM refreted with Jumbo 6150 100%

• Scale length : 25.51" (648 mm)
  

• Fingerboard Radius : 9.5" (241 mm)

• Nut width : 1.69" (42,8 mm)

• Sperzel tuners, 10-46 low action
• TremNut Strat GT1000
• Lollar Vintage Blackface flat staggered set
• Volume / Tone Neck / Tone Bridge
• CRL switch 5 Way, radar paint shielding with copper traces cavities (John “Dawk” Stilwell method)
• Callaham full aluminum pickguard shield,
• Jensen cap, Kinman treble bleed, CTS 250k tested
• Montreux's knobs, 3 ply pickguard and back plate
• Callaham vintage bridge full set with pop-in synchronized vibrato period correct, 3 springs
• Vintage hard case

Fender Mexico facility can make necks but the necks for the MIM stuff are still made in the USA and finished in Mexico as far as I know. Other than preparation all necks are MIA, shipped to Mexico in the unfinished state. 

I offer this Strat more than half the price it cost me. A REAL DEAL !! 

Do not hesitate to contact me for any thought. Thanks for watching ;^) 

European buyers are welcome ! 

Shipping cost Europe 48H : 43,80 Euros w/tracking.